Steering Clear of Negativity
August 1993
By:
Bill B.
| Mount Holly, New Jersey
this AA has learned to take what he needs and leave the rest
Tradition Four
April 1992
By:
Bill W.
Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole. - from the March 1948 Grapevine
Retreat From Sanity
March 1985
By:
F. P.
| Gainesville, Florida
Changes in attitude can lead us to a drink--or too close for comfort
Miracle on 39th Street
November 1963
By:
Bill M.
| New York City
For fifteen years I kept soaking up booze and attending meetings. . .
Keeping my place
August 2017
By:
Michael C.
| Mason, Michigan
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons
Grapevine Daily Quote November 25, 2018
“I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging.”
“The Key to Belonging,” Manchester, New Hampshire, September 2000, I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
Quote November 25, 2016
“I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging.”
Manchester, New Hampshire, September 2000 “The Key to Belonging” I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
November 25, 2013
“I ask the newcomer to help me wash the coffeepot, or put chairs away, because service was, and still is, my key to belonging.”
Manchester, New Hampshire, September 2000 “The Key to Belonging,” I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
Confessions of a high school cheerleader
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Jennifer M.
| Columbus, Nebraska
When the cheering stopped, she made a play to join the winning team
A to Zzzzz
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Donna B.
| Pulaski, Virginia
She found a dreamy way to get both gratitude and sleep and not have to count those shaggy sheep
Sober at 14
April 2018
By:
James M.
| Sterling, Massachusettes
Young and confused, he stayed close to some old-timers and his life got so much better
A Father's Legacy
December 2013
Through the 12 Steps, she was able to forgive her father at the end of his life
Out of bounds
January 2011
By:
Eric M.-E
Imprisoned for a violent crime, a tirade on a handball court changes his life
Church Bash
February 2013
By:
Anonymous
A pastor asks the Fellowship to be more considerate about his faith
A New Kind of Love
April 2012
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
In sobriety, she learned how to love herself and others
Web Exclusive: Real Friends
May 2011
By:
Rick R.
| Poway, California
How an AA member’s friendships became more than just golf buddies.
WALKING TWO PATHS
October 2009
By:
BECA L.
| West Plains, Mo.
A woman with Native-American roots seeks her 'pack'
A SIMPLE DIRECTION
May 2009
By:
ROBERT H.
| Nashville, Tennessee
How it Works," heard for the first time, is a lifeline